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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
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The 130th Annual Meeting of APHA |
Violet H. Barkauskas, PhD, RN, FAAN1, Joanne Pohl, PhD, RN1, Sheila Ward, MPH, RN2, Ramona Benkert, MS, RN3, Andrea Bostrom, PhD, RN4, M. Lynn Breer, PhD5, Clare Tanner, PhD6, and Susan Vonderheid, PhD, RN1. (1) School of Nursing, The University of Michigan, 400 North Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, 734-647-0143, vhbarkas@umich.edu, (2) College of Nursing, Michigan State University, A104 Life Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824, (3) College of Nursing, Wayne State University, 5777 Cass Avenue, Detroit, MI 48201, (4) Kirkhof School of Nursing, Grand Valley State University, 221 Henry Hall, Grand Rapids, MI 49504, (5) Data Systems Evaluation and Training, Michigan Public Health Institute, 2440 Woodlake Circle, Suite 150, Okemos, MI 48864, (6) Center for Collaborative Research in Health Outcomes & Policy, Michigan Public Health Institute, 2440 Woodlake Circle, Suite 190, Okemos, MI 48864
Academic Nurse-Managed Centers (ANMCs) hold substantial promise for providing unique educational experiences for students as well as meeting the health care needs of diverse communities. While the notion of ANMCs has been attractive from educational, research, and service aspects, economic, policy, and political constraints have limited their development. This paper reports on the outcomes and impact of a major, 5-year, W. K. Kellogg funded collaboration project focused on the development of ANMCs in four university schools of nursing.
This collaboration, the Michigan Academic Consortium (MAC), supported nine nursing clinics serving a diverse array of communities and clients in urban, suburban, and school settings. Additional MAC activities were focused on the development and sharing of core content via distance learning and learning modules, and informing public policy to improve environments for the development of primary care nursing practice.
MAC project evaluation findings and lessons learned will be presented, including issues related to the development of nursing clinics, including the services provided by them and the quality of those services; ANMCs' financial profiles; student satisfaction with learning experiences; client satisfaction with services; and impact of the project on participating faculties and communities. Data indicate that student, client, and community satisfaction is high, and quality achieves standardized benchmarks, but that financial issues remain prominent. Insights into the complexity of barriers and facilitators related to the development of ANMCs will be shared.
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Keywords: Primary Care, Nursing Center
Presenting author's disclosure statement:
Organization/institution whose products or services will be discussed: Grand Valley State University
Michigan Public Health Institute
Michigan State University
The University of Michigan
Wayne State University
I have a significant financial interest/arrangement or affiliation with any organization/institution whose products or services are being discussed in this session.
Relationship: Faculty member at The University of Michigan